Device for holding or retaining sanitary towels or such like articles in position



Sept. 22, 1925. I 1554,4413

w c. MCKNIGHTET AL DEVICE FOR HOLDING OR RETAINING SANITARY TOWELS OR SUCII LIKE ARTICLES IN POSITION Filed July 19. 1922 Patented Sept. 22,- 1925,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GOLERAINE MoKNIGI-I'I AND JAMES MURRAY ALL N, or GLASGOW, SCOTLAND; SAID McKNIGI-I'I A-ssIGNoR o SAID ALLAN.

' pnvxon FOR HOLDING 0R RETAINING SANITARY 'roWELs 0R sUoH LIKE ARTICLES I IN POSITION.

Application filed. July 19,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM CoLERAINE MGKNIGIIT, of 5 Oswald Street, Glasgow, Scotland, and JAMES MURRAY ALLAN, of 5 Oswald Street, Glasgow, Scotland, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented certain new and useful Devices for Holding or Retaining Sanitary Towels or Such like Articles in Position, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a device in which there is a slot for attachment to the belt for holding or retaining sanitary towels or such like articles in position of the kind'wherein the use of pins buttons and such like acting as fasteners are dispensed with and has for its object to provide one ofa very simple and eflioient nature and ensuring absolute safety to the wearer of the towel from becoming unfastened while the body is in motion or in any position whatsoever.

According to our invention, the device consists of a plate or th like of any convenient shape-or size of celluloid or other suitable material having a rectangular slot for attaching same to the tapes in the body belt and with a tongue portion at its lower end to form a space between the tongue and the rest of the plate constituting a channel for the tape of the towel stamped out from the plate engaging the towel and locking same in position whereby it cannot unknowingly become detached. The tongue acts as a spring clip and allows of easy adjustment to attach or detach the towel from the device. A raised portion is also provided at top of tongue-piece to facilitate the attachment of the tape.

In place of the slot as before described we may provide a series of holes or perforations all round the plate so that it can be readily 1922. Serial No. 576,071.

sewn onto the body belt, or the device may be otherwise suitably attached to the belt.

In order that our invention may be properly understood and readily carried into effect, we have hereunto appended one sheet of drawings, of which Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating our invention.

Figure 2 is an end view. I p Figure 3 is a frontelevation of a slightly modified form. I I Figure 4 is an end View.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 of. the drawand D the raised. portion which forms a there being no slot for attachment but a series of holes oropenings F formed on the face of the plate A.

Claim.

A device for securing sanitary towels and the like in position comprising a plate havsame to a belt and also having a tongue stamped therefrom, said tongue having a raised portion at its free end, a transverse groove in one side adjacent its fixed end to receive a tape, and said plate having a: hole formed therein at each end of the groove.

In testimony whereof we affix our sig natures. a

ings, A is the plate, B the slot, G the tongue ing means to facilitate attachment of the i 

